February 2010 - Monthly Newsletter
Welcome to the February 2010 edition of Easy Projects .NET's online newsletter! Whether you are a potential buyer, existing customer, or somewhere in between - we are glad that you are here. Please make yourself at home as you read (and get excited) about our latest news.
In this issue:
- Notes from Anton's Desk
- Open Letter to Haiti Relief Organizations
- Easy Projects .NET Version 6.3.1 is Out!
- LinkedIn Community Contest
- EP.NET Blog Round-Up
- Tip of the Month
- Testimonial of the Month
- Project Management Book of the Month
- Quote of the Month
Notes from Anton's Desk
February is here and love is in the air! Love for Easy Projects .NET, that is! Easy Projects .NET will take you into its own world, a world of unlimited projects, intuitive interfaces and custom reports. Turn off the lights, take a deep breath, and relax. Start to track and manage slowly, very slowly. Let Easy Projects .NET be your guiding light.
Ok, I adapted those lines from a song by Enigma, but there is no reason not to have EP .NET as your project management guiding light. On another note, this month is going to be great! Version 6.3.1 is out and we have an exciting contest where you can win a $50 Amazon gift card!
So, enjoy the rest of this newsletter and I'll see you in the next edition of Notes from Anton's Desk! Happy Valentine's Day!
Open Letter to Haiti Relief Organizations
The events of January 12th, have been devastating in Haiti. Many non-profit and charitable organizations have been responding to Haiti to assist with relief and re-construction. We have written an open letter to the organizations participating in Haiti relief, to assist them in their efforts:http://www.easyprojects.net/haiti.html
If you know anyone working for an organization involved in helping Haiti, please kindly forward this letter to them.
Easy Projects .NET Version 6.3.1 is Out!
As promised in our last newsletter, we released a minor update to Easy Projects .NET, version 6.3.1. While we fixed a number of bugs and made a few optimizations, we have also included a major new feature: Microsoft Project 2007 import/export.This is great news for those of you who are using MS Project together with Easy Projects .NET or those who are thinking of switching to Easy Projects .NET from MS Project. With support for file import, you can easily import all of your MS Project 2007 projects, activities and other data directly into Easy Projects .NET.
You can find a full list of updates and changes in Version 6.3.1 and the previously released, 6.2.2 on our website at http://www.easyprojects.net/features622.asp
LinkedIn Community Contest
In the next few months, we'll be kicking off a series of contests. In our February contest, you can win a $50 Amazon gift card! What do you have to do? Just head over to our LinkedIn Community Group and participate in our Easy Projects .NET Tips discussion! (which you'll find under the Discussions section of the group)
In order to qualify for the prize, you must make at least 1 post with 1 tip on how to get the most out of Easy Projects .NET. Perhaps it's a shortcut that you find useful, or maybe an easier way to add project activities, whatever it is, share it with us and get your chance to win this month's prize!
Create your own LinkedIn account if you haven't done so yet, and then head over to http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2441550 to join our discussion and enter the contest!
EP.NET Blog Round-Up
Have you visited our Easy Projects .NET Blog? Here are some stories we featured in January:- Apple Tablet Will Mean Project Management
The apple tablet will change our entertainment, but will it change our project management? -
A Look Back: My Personal PM Experience
Fred Jones shares his project management experience working on a gold mine drilling project.
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Defining Project Management Scope
Find out the difference between Project Scope and Product Scope.
Tip of the Month
Q: What is the best way to quickly create a project schedule with dozens of tasks without specifying too many details?
A: The Interactive Gantt Chart available in the Projects & Tasks main menu, allows you to create, organize and schedule all of your project activities on the fly. Simply load your project, and begin creating and scheduling your activities using the built-in drag-and-drop functionality. All of your changes are automatically saved.
Testimonial of the Month: Chilli Creative Ltd.
"We have been using Easy Projects for over 3 months and have found it to be a real asset to the company. We now maintain better management of clients as well as monitoring the exact time spent on client projects. We have seen an increase in turnover as we no longer forget about completed work."
Director
Thanks for your feedback Robert! Clients like you give us inspiration and drive to continue building the easiest project management software! We'd love to hear your feedback too, just shoot us an email at: info@easyprojects.net.
Project Management Book of the Month
The Lazy Project Manager: How to be Twice as Productive and Still Leave the Office Early
by Peter Taylor
Welcome to the home of 'productive laziness'. Here there is a more focused approach to project management and our efforts are exercised where it really matters - there's no rushing round involving ourselves in unimportant, non-critical activities that others can better address, or indeed that do not need addressing at all in some cases. It's all about working smarter and Peter Taylor, head of a PMO at Siemens, gives away his trade secrets. This is not a training manual. You won't turn into a project manager by reading this book. But Peter, acting as virtual coach will help you to identify and focus on the activities in your projects, do them well and enjoy the world of productive laziness.
Want to judge more than the cover? See the book here at Amazon: http://amzn.com/1906821135
Do you have a favorite PM book? Don't keep it a secret! Tell us at info@easyprojects.net and we'll feature the book in our next newsletter!
Quote of the Month
Teamwork, it's a lot of people doing exactly what I say.Marketing Executive, Citrix Corporation
This concludes our February 2010 newsletter. We hope that you enjoyed it and we'll see you next month. Until then, Take IT Easy!
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